Вариант 17
Langart speaking
Task 1
Imagine that you are preparing a project with your friend. You have found some interesting material for the presentation and you want to read this text to your friend. You have 1.5 minutes to read the text silently, then be ready to read it out aloud. You will not have more than 1.5 minutes to read it.
As the internet and digital technology become a bigger part of our lives, more of our data becomes publicly accessible, leading to questions about privacy. Every search you make, service you use, message you send and item you buy is part of your ‘digital footprint’.
In the past, it was easy for people to keep track of their personal information. Like their possessions, people’s information existed mostly in physical form: on paper, kept in a folder, locked in a cupboard or an office.
Today, our personal information can be collected and stored online, and it’s accessible to more people than ever before. Many of us share our physical location, our travel plans, our political opinions, our shopping interests and our family photos online — as key services like ordering a takeaway meal, booking a plane, taking part in a poll or buying new clothes now take place online and require us to give out our data.
Task 2
Study the advertisement.
Lessons for every voice!
You are considering taking singing lessons and now you’d like to get more information. In 1.5 minutes you are to ask four direct questions to find out about the following:
- location
- styles of singing taught
- lesson formats
- lesson schedule (days and times)
Task 3
You are going to give an interview. You have to answer five questions. Give full answers to the questions (2–3 sentences). Remember that you have 40 seconds to answer each question.
Interviewer: Hello everybody! It's Teenagers Round the World Channel. Our guest today is a teenager from Russia and we are going to discuss robots. We'd like to know our guest's point of view on this issue. Please answer five questions. So, let's get started.
Interviewer: Did you prefer traditional or robotic toys for playtime as a child? Why?
Student: ______________________________
Interviewer: Is it important for children to learn coding and robotics early in life? What’s your opinion?
Student: ______________________________
Interviewer: Do you think robots will change the job market in the near future? Is that a positive or negative change?
Student: ______________________________
Interviewer: Is it a good idea to make robots look like people? Why or why not?
Student: ______________________________
Interviewer: How do you think robots will change our daily lives in the future?
Student: ______________________________
Interviewer: Thank you very much for your interview.
Task 4
Imagine that you and your friend are doing a school project «Life without stress». You have found some photos to illustrate it but for technical reasons you cannot send them now. Leave a voice message to your friend explaining your choice of the photos and sharing some ideas about the project. In 2.5 minutes be ready to:
- explain the choice of the illustrations for the project by briefly describing them and noting the differences;
- mention the advantages (1–2) of the two ways to relieve stress;
- mention the disadvantages (1–2) of the two ways to relieve stress;
- express your opinion on the subject of the project — say which way to relieve stress presented in the pictures you’d prefer and why.
You will speak for not more than 3 minutes (12–15 sentences). You have to talk continuously.
